A passenger on a flight that made an emergency landing in St. Petersburg said about the situation on the plane, transmit CLEAN TV.

According to the man, he fell asleep as soon as he got on the plane. An hour and a half later, he woke up and realized the plane continued to circle St. Petersburg. He was informed that the maneuver would continue for the same period.
The plane urgently returned to the Russian airport due to a cracked windshield
“We circled for four hours instead of three and ended up making an emergency landing <...>. We regrouped in an emergency, but thank God we landed successfully,” he emphasized. A tense atmosphere remained on the ship – people panicked.
Previously, it became known that the Airbus A320 plane, carrying 162 people on board, made an emergency landing at Pulkovo airport due to problems with the landing gear.